Tusk: Politicians in Constitutional Court dispute are using Russian bot support

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk publicly condemned some politicians in his country on Saturday evening over the dispute surrounding Poland's Constitutional Tribunal. According to him, these politicians are trying to "destroy democracy" in Poland and are using the support of a "Russian bot army" to do so.

The Constitutional Tribunal is the body in Poland that assesses whether laws comply with the country's constitution. The conflict over the court has become a subject of political confrontation between the government and its opponents.

What the prime minister said

Tusk claimed that the politicians involved in the dispute rely on Russian online bot networks. A bot is an automated account that is used on social media to artificially amplify certain messages. The source gives no evidence for this claim, and it does not name the specific politicians to whom the prime minister was referring.

The statement came as part of a sharp political debate over the role and status of the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland.